Infrequent communication about Covid-19 and slow adoption of virtual care were the most common reasons cited by patients when asked why they lost confidence in their doctor, according to the survey conducted by SymphonyRM.
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the University of Nebraska Medical Center turned to patient simulation and visualization technologies to help train its staff on coronavirus-specific clinical protocols. The provider's medical simulation facility was able to train thousands of healthcare professionals over the course of the public health crisis.
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
The number of hospitals providing patients electronic access to their health information via apps has increased exponentially over the past decade. But small, rural, critical access and independent hospitals were still falling significantly behind their counterparts as of 2019, a new ONC report shows.
Cedar, a healthcare finance technology company, saw its valuation jump to $3.2 billion after raising $200 million in a Series D funding round. It plans to use the new funds to expand patient touchpoints and build out new use cases.
The health technology company will use the investment to deploy its cancer care management platform and remote monitoring program at more health systems and to advance its research capabilities. Philips Health Technology Ventures led the equity round, and Cerner was a returning investor.
Amid unrelenting surges of Covid-19 cases, healthcare organizations like MultiCare Health System had to reconfigure their operations to manage capacity. In an interview, Dr. Michael Meyers, a MultiCare physician executive, describes how the health system leveraged technology to help it move through the different phases of the pandemic.
The future looks bright for the integrated specialty pharmacy model – for health systems, providers, and most importantly, for patients.
The New York City-based health system implemented Current Health's remote patient monitoring solution to enhance its cancer care services. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, cancer care has been severely delayed, and the health system aims to provide more consistent care to this patient group through the new solution.
Launching in 2021, the ONC's Project US@ aims to enhance efforts to correctly link patients with their health data — a key part of interoperability — by standardizing the way patients' mailing addresses are formatted.
The company, a facilitator of patient-clinician communication, plans to use the funds to bring new features and capabilities to market, as well as build strategic partnerships. It has also added Dr. Dana Gelb Safran as senior vice president of value-based care and population health.
A new survey from healthcare revenue cycle firm Waystar shows that most patients find their medical bills confusing and delay payment because of financial constraints. But there are steps hospitals can take to improve the billing experience for patients.
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
Placing orders for the wrong patient, though rare, can lead to serious harm if left unchecked. Brigham and Women's Hospital implemented a simple protocol that lowered these errors by 35%.
Healthcare consumers want the same level of ease when scheduling a health check-up as they have when booking an Uber, and younger generations of Americans are increasingly hinging their care selection preferences on facilities that offer a user-friendly digital front door, a new report shows.
By implementing an Enterprise Master Person Index and utilizing health information exchange technology, SMCH in California has been able to better understand when providers are co-managing an individual's health.
In a survey of 199 consumers, 19.6 percent said they prefer to get secure text messages from their physician when in-person discussions and phone calls aren't an option, while 10 percent said they prefer to receive physician communications via patient portals.
Bessemer Venture Partners and Columbia Capital led the round, and Blue Heron Capital and California Health Care Foundation also participated.